President Biden has presented the Medal of Freedom to former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords and the late John McCain, which was accepted by his widow Cindy McCain. STORY: abc15
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden has presented the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate, and former Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords who was shot in the head in January 2011 during a constituent event in Tucson and was gravely wounded.
Biden himself is a medal recipient. President Barack Obama honored Biden’s public service as a longtime U.S. senator and vice president by awarding him a Presidential Medal of Freedom in January 2017, a week before they left office. Biles is the most decorated U.S. gymnast in history, winning 32 Olympic and World Championship medals. She is an outspoken advocate on issues that are very personal to her, including athletes’ mental health, children in foster care and sexual assault victims.McCain, who died of brain cancer in 2018, spent more than five years in captivity in Vietnam while serving in the U.S. Navy. He later represented Arizona in both houses of Congress and was the Republican presidential nominee in 2008.
— Gabrielle Giffords. A former U.S. House member from Arizona, the Democrat founded Giffords, an organization dedicated to ending gun violence. She was shot in the head in January 2011 during a constituent event in Tucson and was gravely wounded. — Diane Nash. A founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Nash organized some of the most important 20th century civil rights campaigns and worked with King.
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